A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“If you have a fancy to see your name in the next honours list…” – The Adventures of the Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) In the 1988 British comedy film Without a Clue, we have Michael Caine portraying Sherlock Holmes and Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson. Noted film critic Roger Ebert offered up this review of the… Continue Reading
…it was in the same month that Holmes refused a knighthood for services which may perhaps some day be described. – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (3GAR) Is it coincidence that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has Sherlock Holmes refusing a knighthood during the time period that he himself was informed of his impending knighthood? Doyle’s pending… Continue Reading
“I remember the date very well, for it was in the same month that Holmes refused a knighthood for services which may perhaps some day be described.” – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (3GAR) Holmes, I can’t believe that you would refuse a knighthood. Few have done more than you in serving royalty and persons of high… Continue Reading
“…this young stranger from Canada…” –The Hound of The Baskervilles (HOUN) Peter Calamai, a Master Bootmaker of the Bootmakers of Toronto and “The Leeds Mercury” of the Baker Street Irregulars, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, it was announced December 26, 2014. Calamai will… Continue Reading
From the March 16, 2006 USA Today: Jerry Lewis gets Legion of Honor medal PARIS (AP) — France formalized its fascination with Jerry Lewis Thursday with a uniquely Gallic gift for his 80th birthday: a medal and induction into the Legion of Honor. True to form, the American comedian turned what is generally a sober… Continue Reading
“…an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour.” – The Adventure of The Golden Prince-Nez (GOLD) Early in the opening of The Golden Prince-Nez, Watson briefly mentions the undocumented 1894 case of Huret, the Boulevard Assassin, and how it earned Holmes his… Continue Reading
HOW THE BRIGADIER WON HIS MEDAL by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Duke of Tarentum, or Macdonald, as his old comrades prefer to call him, was, as I could perceive, in the vilest of tempers. His grim, Scotch face was like one of those grotesque door-knockers which one sees in the Faubourg St Germain. We… Continue Reading
In 1954, the Schlitz Playhouse was in its third season on CBS and aired a version of How the Brigadier Won His Medal that was very faithful to the original Arthur Conan Doyle story. Claude Dauphin played the role of Gerard to near perfection. At the end of the teleplay, check out the Legion of Honour… Continue Reading